It can now be confirmed that ‘Blackstar’ is the forthcoming single and album from David Bowie. Contrary to inaccurate reporting on the sound and content of the album, only the following can be confirmed: The single will be released on November 20th and is not part of David’s theatre piece ‘Lazarus’. The album will be released on David’s birthday, January 8th 2016.

18 novembre – David Bowie’s new album ★ (pronounced Blackstar) is now available for pre-order HERE. The album’s title track and first single will be released globally tomorrow, November 20, 2015 on all digital retailer and streaming platforms. Infine ecco l’artwork e il teaser.

23 novembre – Tony Visconti al Rolling Stone: “LCD Soundsystem founder James Murphy plays percussion on two tracks, though his role on the album was originally going to be much more significant. At one point we were talking about three producers for the album: David, James and myself. Murphy was there for a brief time, but he had his own projects to go off to. We were listening to a lot of Kendrick Lamar. We wound up with nothing like that, but we loved the fact Kendrick was so open-minded and he didn’t do a straight-up hip-hop record. He threw everything on there, and that’s exactly what we wanted to do. The goal, in many, many ways, was to avoid rock & roll.”